National Cemeteries Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Cemeteries Act - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to plan and maintain a system of national cemeteries, and to establish a program of existing cemeteries and creation of additional cemeteries. Provides that each grave in each national cemetery shall be marked with a small headstone bearing the name of the person buried in such grave. Specifies the persons to be buried in national cemeteries, including: (1) any veteran who served on active duty (other than for training) and whose last such service terminated honorably; (2) any member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, and any member of the Army National Guard, whose death occurs under honorable conditions while he is on active duty, authorized inactive duty training, or in a hospital at the expense of the United States. (3) any member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps of the Army, Navy, or Air Force whose death occurs under honorable conditions while he is attending an authorized training camp or undergoing hospital treatment at the expense of the United States; (4) any citizen of the United States who served in the Armed Forces of any U.S. ally in a war in which the United States was engaged …